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What is VRIO / VRIN Analysis ?

VRIO stands for – Value of the resource, Rareness of the resource, Imitation Risk, and Organizational Competence.

VRIO is a resource focused strategic analysis tool. To build a sustainable competitive advantage the resources that –casename— needs to be valuable, rare, and difficult to imitate. Secondly the –casename— needs to possess capabilities, organizational structure, and culture to optimize the available resources usage. VRIO analysis can help organizations such as HP to do better resource allocation and build a defensible value and supply chain.

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What is a Valuable Resource for HP? Defining Valuable in VRIO

A resource or capability is considered valuable for HP , if it allows the HP to exploit opportunities or negate threats emerging out of both the micro business environment and the macro environment. If a resource does not allow HP to minimize threats or exploit opportunities, than it doesn't contribute signficantly to building a sustainable competitive advantage for HP.

What are Rare Resources for HP? Defining Rare in VRIO

In an industry that HP operates in, valuable resources are held by number of competitors. So valuable resources themselves don’t provide a sustainable competitive advantage. HP require rare resources to compete in the industry. If HP don’t have rare resources that are required to succeed in the industry then HP won’t be able to compete successfully in the marketplace. Secondly holding rare resources can provide HP competitive advantage against players that don’t have those rare resources. HBR Case Study Solution

What is a Inimitable (Difficult to Immitate) Resource for HP? Defining Inimitable in VRIO

A valuable and rare resource can provide a competitive advantage to HP for certain period of time as all the competitors are going to try to imitate or replicate that resource. A sustained competitive advantage emerges, if the resource is difficult to imitate by the competitors. HP can create inmitability by innovating on the product side, reducing pain points on service delivery, and having an effective post sales servicing strategy. Check out the SWOT analysis of HP

What is a Organization for HP? Defining Organization in VRIO

Even if the HP has all the valuable resources that are both rare and difficult to imitate, it won’t automatically result into a sustainable competitive advantage. The key to build the sustainable competitive advantage is to have organizational capabilities, expertise, and structure to exploit the resources. If HP is not organized based on its strengths then it won’t able to exploit all the resources that it possesses.

Resources	Value	Rare	Imitation	Organization	Competitive Advantage
Marketing Expertise within HP	Yes, firms are competing based on differentiation in the industry	No, as most of the competitors also have good marketing departments and expertise	Pricing strategies of HP are often matched by competitors	Yes, HP is leveraging both its inhouse marketing department and external expertise	Temporary Competitive Advantage
Global and Local Presence of HP	Yes, as it diversify the revenue streams and isolate company's balance sheet from economic cycles	Yes	Can be imitated by competitors of HP but at a relatively high cost	Yes, it is one of the most diversified companies in its industry	Providing Strong Competitive Advantage
Distribution and Logistics Costs Competitiveness	Yes, as it helps HP in delivering lower costs	No	Can be imitated by competitors of HP but it is difficult	Yes	Medium to Long Term Competitive Advantage
Opportunities in the Adjacent Industries that HP can exploit & New Resources Required to Enter those Industries	Can be valuable as they will create new revenue streams	No	Can be imitated by competitors	All the capabilities of the organization are not fully utilized yet	Has potential
Pricing Strategies of HP	Yes, HP has sound pricing strategies	No	Pricing strategies are regularly imitated in the industry	Yes, firm has a pricing analytics engine	It can only provide HP with a Temporary Competitive Advantage
Ability to Attract Talent in Various Local & Global Markets	Yes, HP strategy is built on successful innovation and localization of products	Yes, as talent is critical to firm's growth	Difficult to imitate for the current competitors of HP	To a large extent yes	Providing Strong Competitive Advantage
Access to Cheap Capital for HP	Yes, as a leading player in the industry and current macro economic conditions, HP has access to cheap capital	No	Can be imitated by the competitors of HP	Not been totally exploited	Not significant in creating competitive advantage
Successful Implementation of Digital Strategy at HP	Yes, without a comprehensive digital strategy it is extremely difficult to compete	No, as most of the firms are investing into digitalizing operations	Can be imitated by competitors	One of the leading player in the industry	Digital strategy has become critical in the industry but it can't provide sustainable competitive advantage to
Brand Positioning of HP in Comparison to the Competitors	Yes	No	Can be imitated by competitors but it will require big marketing budget	Yes, the firm has positioned its brands based on consumer behavior	Temporary Competitive Advantage
Vision of the Leadership for Next Set of Challenges	Yes	No	Can't be imitated by competitors of HP	Not based on information provided in the case	Can Lead to Strong Competitive Advantage
Supply Chain Network Flexibility of HP	Yes	Yes	Near competitors also have flexible supply chain and share some of the suppliers	Fully utilized by HP organizational structure and capabilities	Keeps the business running
Talent to Manage Regulatory and Legal Obligations	Yes	No	Can be imitated by competitors	Yes	Not critical factor
Brand awareness of HP products and services	Yes, the brand awareness of HP products are high	Yes, HP has one of the leading brand in the industry	No	HP has utilized its leading brand position in various segments	Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Customer Community of HP	Yes, as customers are co-creating products	Yes, the HP has able to build a special relationship with its customers	It is very difficult for HP competitors to imitate the culture and community dedication	Going by the data, there is still a lot of upside in building on HP customers community ecosystem	Providing Strong Competitive Advantage

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Books and References

Ahir Gopaldas and Anton Siebert (2022 July August) "What You’re Getting Wrong About Customer Journeys", Harvard Business Review , 92
Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards, and Taran Swan (2021) "Drive Innovation with Better Decision-Making", Harvard Business Review 86
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Dyer, J. H., Kale, P., & Singh, H. (2004, July–August). When to ally and when to acquire. Harvard Business Review, 109–115